MOTW 9-23-09: It's On!

TexiKen

Yes, those annoying Southwest Airlines commercials infect comics this week, as Superman: Blackest Night #2 has one of the stupidest yet awesome scenes in comics this year:

Martha escapes from zombie Lois, and winds up in a cornfield being chased:





Also, Psycho Pirate makes everyone in Smallville go crazy, pretty much (old lady and young guy lust, yummy).

Also, The List: X-Men

Namor decides to ditch the Cabal as the big worm dragon thing was actually his wife Marrina which he kills and throws into Norman's office, and that the people of Atlantis take up the waters around Providence II (they call it Utopia but that's stupid) as their home

Lucascraft

J. H. William's art in Detective Comics is my MotW so far. That guy uses the space on a page like nobody else. Its incredible.

Also, the story concluded, and it was pretty good.

JyrenB

Spider-Woman #1 stole the week for me. Just such beautiful art. Makes me sad that I'm holding out for some kind of dvd for the motion comic.

Faynor

From what I 've read so far...

I liked the Cabal because of the growth for Namor. Acknowledging that he isn't Scott's king was pretty neat.

Confession was prettyyyyy sappy, but it sufficed. I didn't hate it. Just lots of I love you stuff.

Uncanny was a mixed bag. I know Emma has trouble feelings emotions when her diamond form, but must it really flip a bitch switch? Just because you don't feel sympathy doesn't mean you can't muster up some self-control. At least that's how I see it. Still, I loved it if only for the last page, and that character's dialogue.

Faynor

Even though the characterization of Spider-Man has been pretty goddamn annoying the the last arc or two, New Avengers managed to redeem it somewhat with a single page.

TexiKen

So Beautiful Creatures #1 came out, and since gredavin wanted some thoughts on it, here we go:

It's actually very smooth and fluid, and the general story is pretty good for setting things up like a pilot episode does on TV. 4 college girls in Paris turn out they have some ties to magic after getting attacked by elves (redcaps). Art was good too. Cheesecake in some places but it's accepted because it goes with the story (girls in jacuzzis lends itself to that, of course). Amelie is the best character because she just goes with everything happening around her.

This was a nice page from the story:

Cleaning up after fighting/killing elves/redcaps:

There are only two gripes with the story:

-Kendra is overpowering in her appearances, and came off as annoying in that she gets to be a triple threat so to speak (hot redhead girl, the leader type of the group who gets more powers than others and acts like it's all on her shoulders and not the others, and has the most snarky dialgoue). She's not shown to have any flaws like the others (Amelie is aloof, Mohini is the Brit with an attitude, Rana shy/awkward Iraqi student in Western Europe).

-The art could've used an inker.

I'll pick up the second issue, as it's good, but if this was to be an ongoing or something, Kendra would have to be toned down a bit for something that revolves around a group of 4 girls.

Hensler

As cool as that Superman: Blackest Night scan is, what chance does Ma Kent really have against a god damn Black Lantern?

Sars_Boy

Old Man Logan oh my god.

LONE WOLVERINE AND CUB

jeddy lee

Hows the new immortal weapon? What have people thought of the last two? I got issue 3 & spiderwoman issue 1 sitting in my pull, which I won't be able to get until December, lest someone visits me.

Faynor

I remembered a scene from X-Men: The List that sorta chaffed me.

What, Sentry is a maid now? And doesn't he have super hearing or somethin'? He didn't hear no giant dragon thing getting hurled at the tower?! [tiny]He may not have super hearing, I can't remember at the moment. I could just be attributing it to him because of the whole Superman-analog thing.[/tiny]

Thane

Osborn's brow is out of control in that panel

143999

Faynor wrote: »

I remembered a scene from X-Men: The List that sorta chaffed me.

What, Sentry is a maid now? And doesn't he have super hearing or somethin'? He didn't hear no giant dragon thing getting hurled at the tower?! [tiny]He may not have super hearing, I can't remember at the moment. I could just be attributing it to him because of the whole Superman-analog thing.[/tiny]

Is Sentry still, you know, not-Sentry in that scene? I could see the Void sitting around in Sentry's body making him do degrading things to scorn and ridicule him.

Hensler

You guys are missing the best part: Sentry offers Norman a corn dog!

JyrenB

Faynor wrote: »

Even though the characterization of Spider-Man has been pretty goddamn annoying the the last arc or two, New Avengers managed to redeem it somewhat with a single page.

Such a great page, but what really made it even better was after that.

When Cap just nails Bullseye with his shield. Such a simple, but hilarious image to me.

Lucascraft

Is the art inside of Spider-Man as cheesecakey as the cover is?

TexiKen

It's Mike McKone interior art, but see

Black Cat and Peter make out but it gets caught on camera and is broadcast to NYC on the big TV in Times Square where MJ walks by, with Peter's monologue saying he's finally giving in to Felicia or something

DarkWarrior

Finally being able to read beyond those first few preview pages of Old Man Logan is my mOTW

Plus the comic itself. The art.

Old Man Banner having Hulk strength in human form and being some weird red-neck cannibal.

Who fucked Jen. And got her pregnant.

This is a serioooooooously fucked up alternate future.

TexiKen

ewwwwwww

DarkWarrior

I would have preferred if Logan had killed

the baby though, end that entire inbred, fucked up family

Really not sure what was going on with Hulk, seemed to be flesh tone even when transformed. Could've at least done a flashback to show how he ended up that way.

But yes

Banner knocked up Jen and then has been banging his daughters and ALL of those Hulk-offcasts are his kids.

Faynor

The reason he

didn't kill the baby was because he becomes Banner Jr. It ties in with his Fantastic Four run, remember?

DarkWarrior

Oh ok. No I don't remmeber, I thought that was Hulk or an alternate Hulk, how does that even work since the current universe doesn't have whats going to become "Old Man Logan" going on? Its a nice tie together but doesnt really mesh with all the other Hulk gang being

heavily diluted inbreds with seemingly nothing of Hulks power within them

Faynor

Who knows. There was an intervening period of 500 years before they went back in time, so maybe he got into some Gamma Refining Machine? I'm sure it's not going to be explained.

I mean, they were at least somewhat strong. They knocked those girls out with their dicks.

gredavin

TexiKen wrote: »

So Beautiful Creatures #1 came out, and since gredavin wanted some thoughts on it, here we go:

It's actually very smooth and fluid, and the general story is pretty good for setting things up like a pilot episode does on TV. 4 college girls in Paris turn out they have some ties to magic after getting attacked by elves (redcaps). Art was good too. Cheesecake in some places but it's accepted because it goes with the story (girls in jacuzzis lends itself to that, of course). Amelie is the best character because she just goes with everything happening around her.

This was a nice page from the story:

Cleaning up after fighting/killing elves/redcaps:

There are only two gripes with the story:

-Kendra is overpowering in her appearances, and came off as annoying in that she gets to be a triple threat so to speak (hot redhead girl, the leader type of the group who gets more powers than others and acts like it's all on her shoulders and not the others, and has the most snarky dialgoue). She's not shown to have any flaws like the others (Amelie is aloof, Mohini is the Brit with an attitude, Rana shy/awkward Iraqi student in Western Europe).

-The art could've used an inker.

I'll pick up the second issue, as it's good, but if this was to be an ongoing or something, Kendra would have to be toned down a bit for something that revolves around a group of 4 girls.

Texiken,

Thanks a lot for taking the time to review it. I really appreciate it.

Alright, I'll address your gripes!

1) Kendra's appearances and degree of usefulness come into the spotlight next issue. We get a longer look at the other characters and their importance more apparent. (though, I agree, issue #1 is Kendra centric.)

2) I agree. One of the problems of indie work is that the artists are doing this on spec. Bringing on another name to ink decreases the percentage of ownership and money from already small sales income. You are, of course, one of many people who say this book is missing an inker.

Thanks again, look forward to your thoughts on #2!

DarkWarrior

Faynor wrote: »

Who knows. There was an intervening period of 500 years before they went back in time, so maybe he got into some Gamma Refining Machine? I'm sure it's not going to be explained.

I mean, they were at least somewhat strong. They knocked those girls out with their dicks.

LMAO.

Superhuman but only like Spider-Man level it seemed and with none of the regerative abilities. Buts its something you have to ignore like Banner not regenerating

Faynor

Eh, even that can be explained away by plot.

It said earlier Wolverine didn't heal quite as fast as he used to. Banner was getting just as old, and that was a pretty goddamn mortal wound.

TexiKen

Guardians of the Galaxy #18:

the team that was in the future runs into an alternate version of the Guardians in the future, since the last version of the timeline got erased. Not only in this version is Wonder Man on the team (now called Hollywood), but our current version of the team as been aged (Starlord), de-aged (Cosmo is a puppy and Mantis is a baby) or is fading out of existence (Jack Flagg):

Thane

So i read X-Men the List

Is Namor part of the X-men now? Cause i find that oddly cool

Faynor

Yes. Zees' was established during Utopia.

Servo

gredavin wrote: »

2) I agree. One of the problems of indie work is that the artists are doing this on spec. Bringing on another name to ink decreases the percentage of ownership and money from already small sales income. You are, of course, one of many people who say this book is missing an inker.

i haven't picked this up (hadn't heard about it, but i may just seek it out now), but based on the page posted, i really like the un-inked art, actually. it gives a distinctive look.

The_Glad_Hatter

So after viewing the spidey scans from avengers, i wonder:
i'm a pretty big spiderman fan, yet i'm only picking up the ultimate and ASM books.
should i be reading new avengers as well? am i missing out on a lot of spidey goodness? or does he only do irrelevant cameos in there?

It kinda pisses me off how, ever since BND, spidey has barely been in sync with the rest of the marvelverse (yesyes, except for the menace/ american son thing...)

Wildcat

Faynor wrote: »

I remembered a scene from X-Men: The List that sorta chaffed me.

What, Sentry is a maid now? And doesn't he have super hearing or somethin'? He didn't hear no giant dragon thing getting hurled at the tower?! [tiny]He may not have super hearing, I can't remember at the moment. I could just be attributing it to him because of the whole Superman-analog thing.[/tiny]

In Sentry Reborn he specifically mentions that he can hear a butterfly beat its wings halfway around the world, so yes he does.

Also: ngngngngngng

egs

jack eddy wrote: »

Hows the new immortal weapon? What have people thought of the last two? I got issue 3 & spiderwoman issue 1 sitting in my pull, which I won't be able to get until December, lest someone visits me.

The most recent Immortal Weapons issue (Dog Brother #1) was fan-fuickin-tastic as was the first issue (Fat Cobra ftw). The Bride of Nine Spiders issue was just okay but the other two were worth their weight in gold.....comics are pretty light right?

Thane

Man someone needs to make the Sentry interesting again pronto

DarkWarrior

"Hark, I hear the distinct sound of a half-man, half-atlantean carrying a giant sea monster at great speed"
He was probably just distracted by being super evil. Or that I don't think sound would actually travel half way around the world.

Robos A Go Go

Wildcat wrote: »

Faynor wrote: »

I remembered a scene from X-Men: The List that sorta chaffed me.

What, Sentry is a maid now? And doesn't he have super hearing or somethin'? He didn't hear no giant dragon thing getting hurled at the tower?! [tiny]He may not have super hearing, I can't remember at the moment. I could just be attributing it to him because of the whole Superman-analog thing.[/tiny]

In Sentry Reborn he specifically mentions that he can hear a butterfly beat its wings halfway around the world, so yes he does.

Also: ngngngngngng

His super-hearing only works on butterflies.

CarbonRod

Ma Kent: "IT'S ON!!"
And then she gets her heart ripped out because she's an old lady from Kansas and BL-Lois-2 has a power ring. :P

Gabriel_Pitt

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Wildcat wrote: »

Faynor wrote: »

I remembered a scene from X-Men: The List that sorta chaffed me.

What, Sentry is a maid now? And doesn't he have super hearing or somethin'? He didn't hear no giant dragon thing getting hurled at the tower?! [tiny]He may not have super hearing, I can't remember at the moment. I could just be attributing it to him because of the whole Superman-analog thing.[/tiny]

In Sentry Reborn he specifically mentions that he can hear a butterfly beat its wings halfway around the world, so yes he does.

Also: ngngngngngng

His super-hearing only works on butterflies.

C'mon, think all the ridiculously noisy shit going on on Marvel's earth at any given time, especially if Hulk and the Blob made it to the burrito-buffet special at Taco-Hut. That's when super-listeners the world over understand the true curse of their powers.

Wildcat

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Wildcat wrote: »

Faynor wrote: »

I remembered a scene from X-Men: The List that sorta chaffed me.

What, Sentry is a maid now? And doesn't he have super hearing or somethin'? He didn't hear no giant dragon thing getting hurled at the tower?! [tiny]He may not have super hearing, I can't remember at the moment. I could just be attributing it to him because of the whole Superman-analog thing.[/tiny]

In Sentry Reborn he specifically mentions that he can hear a butterfly beat its wings halfway around the world, so yes he does.

Also: ngngngngngng

His super-hearing only works on butterflies.

At least that could help when tracking Layla Miller.

mattharvest

Gabriel_Pitt wrote: »

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Wildcat wrote: »

Faynor wrote: »

I remembered a scene from X-Men: The List that sorta chaffed me.

What, Sentry is a maid now? And doesn't he have super hearing or somethin'? He didn't hear no giant dragon thing getting hurled at the tower?! [tiny]He may not have super hearing, I can't remember at the moment. I could just be attributing it to him because of the whole Superman-analog thing.[/tiny]

In Sentry Reborn he specifically mentions that he can hear a butterfly beat its wings halfway around the world, so yes he does.

Also: ngngngngngng

His super-hearing only works on butterflies.

C'mon, think all the ridiculously noisy shit going on on Marvel's earth at any given time, especially if Hulk and the Blob made it to the burrito-buffet special at Taco-Hut. That's when super-listeners the world over understand the true curse of their powers.

Intentional or otherwise, this was an element of Xavier's origin as a mutant at one point: when his powers turned on for the first time in full (he'd already been empathically connecting with his abused mother) he suddenly heard everyone around him for miles. He had to learn to shut it out.

At different times, that's been an element of Jean Grey too (though I can't remember if it's currently in-continuity).

It reminds me of something I just read about antelope: with their vision, they can see the rings on Saturn in the night sky. That's just awesome.

Golden Yak

CarbonRod wrote: »

Ma Kent: "IT'S ON!!"
And then she gets her heart ripped out because she's an old lady from Kansas and BL-Lois-2 has a power ring. :P

Yeah, but aside from regenerating a Black Lantern's injuries, they don't do anything. Seriously, everyone that comes back has the same powers they did when they were alive, and Lois-2 is an oldster herself. That means she has the power to regenerate from any injury and the strength, speed, and agility of an elderly woman. Tie her up somewhere and threat=over.

Gabriel_Pitt

At least until the ring charge hits 100% and Nekron gotsecs the universe.